The But I Like It artistic practice ran 2007-2019; Johann has since switched to producing work under his own artist’s name.

He also curates works from others and shares/publishes this via a number of channels as well as operates as an artist’s model – in an approach which aims to control and influence how his image is recorded and shared while enhancing the works he is featuring in.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Veiled – work in progress • In Situ Pop-up Space (East Street Arts), Leeds  • July 2014

Group exhibitions

• LGBT+ Life – Gallery 455, Liverpool – Feb to April 2023
• ArtLab Halifax – Dean Clough, Halifax – July 2022 (as Jon Eland)
• Civil Disobedience: residente o visitante • Athens, Greece – January 2020

---

Publications

Monographs – Self Published

• Man, Singular – Volume 2: Matt
• An Audience with Lady Diamond
• Aimlessness – Volume 2
• Man, Singular -Volume 1: Darren
• The Saga of Rabid Rabbit and Doped Up Dog
• The Shirt (see associated project)
• Aimlessness – Volume 1 (see associated project)

Publications I curated

• #FuckHate – March 2017 (as founder of We Are Obscured)
• We Are Obscured – July 2015 (as founder of We Are Obscured)

Journals, magazines and zines

• Mein schwules Auge / My Gay Eye #21 – “Love, not war” – 2025
• Inspirational Art Magazine – Issue 84 – 2024
• The Holy Male (issue 8 | Gregory Forster) – 2023
• Come Fruta / Come Yo (Charlie Welch) – 2022
• SEAS‘ ZINE: Queer Photography – 2022
• Mein schwules Auge / My Gay Eye #18 – “Outdoors” – 2021
• UN//TITLED – An Anthology of Queer Contemporary Art (2016-2020) – 2021
• Noisy Rain – ‘Ten Year Collection’ – 2021